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Corlears Hook Park

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Jackson St, Cherry St, FDR Drive

Manhattan

Directions: Google Maps | MTA Trip Planner

Acres: 4.36

This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park.

This park takes its name from the geographic region of southeastern Manhattan that once had the shape of a hook. The Corlear family, 17th century Dutch landowners, controlled much of the property in this curving landmass.

Today this parkland, located at the intersection of Jackson and Cherry Streets along the East River Drive, affords stunning views of the Williamsburg and Manhattan bridges and the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Originally a heavy marshland used by Lenape Native Americans to land their canoes, Dutch settlers of the mid-1600s swiftly took advantage of this area’s graded coastal incline for the loading and unloading of incoming transport vessels.

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Directions to Corlears Hook Park

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Corlears Hook Park Weather

  • Sat
    Rain/Snow
    42°F
  • Sun
    Breezy
    33°F
  • Mon
    Mostly Sunny
    40°F
  • Tue
    Chance Rain/Snow
    44°F

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